1 year until the Tokyo Paralympics Rapid growth player of attention August 23, 18:18

One year before the opening of the Tokyo Paralympics.
I asked the players who had grown rapidly to think about the big stage.

Swimming Tomita Universe “Do not waste a day”

Space class Tomita (30), the class with the most serious visual impairment in swimming, is aiming to win a gold medal.

Tomita suffered from an eye disease that gradually narrowed her field of vision when she was in high school.
Since 7 years ago, we have practiced the same menu as the top-level athletes of healthy people at Nippon Sport Science University, which has started swimming in the para, and has been developing our strength.

At last year's Asian Para Games, he won three medals including gold medals.
The class with the most obstacles is the world's top class.

About the Tokyo Paralympics that approached a year later: “There is still a chance to grow if we think about another year, so there is a sense of excitement in a good sense. I want to compete with the growing players around the world for growth acceleration. "

Then, “The most important goal is to win a gold medal in Tokyo. I ’m telling myself the word“ Lifetime ”, but I ’d like to prepare for it all day and put it out on the day.”

Wheelchair basketball Toriumi “First Medal in Japan”

The young expectation of a wheelchair basketball boy, Ren Toriumi (20), is aiming to win the first medal at the Paralympic Games.

Toriumi had a disability in his hands and legs since he was born, and when he was 3 years old, his lower leg was cut off from his thighs.

I started wheelchair basketball in the first grade of junior high school, and polished my skills with a team of working adults.

Participated in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics at the youngest age of 17 in the team. However, I was overwhelmed by the power of overseas players.
The team is 9th. There was still a dullness.

Become the first wheelchair basketball medal at the Tokyo Games.

Toriumi has been working on strengthening the physical and has refined the speed of his taste.

Toriumi said, “I have cleared the issues one by one for the Tokyo tournament. Since I focus on playing that makes the best use of the players around me, I think we ’ll get closer to the passing score. ”

“The goal is a gold medal. Towards that, how seriously we can focus on the basket. I think the results will vary greatly depending on how hard we work in the past year.” It was.

Table tennis Yukihiro Iwabuchi “Aiming for a gold medal”

Table tennis player Yukihiro Iwabuchi is ranked 4th in the world ranking in a class with disabilities in his arms and legs.
I swear by taking advantage of the regret of the Rio de Janeiro tournament, which was defeated in qualifying.

Since Iwatsuki was born, both legs have obstacles, especially the left leg is hard to get muscles and the ankle cannot be bent.

The Rio de Janeiro tournament that I participated in when I was a 4th year university student, was the first time to play in public, and I couldn't play it as usual.

After graduated from university, he belonged to a team of businessmen who also produced Olympic athletes and practiced with strong athletes such as world champion medalists.
In addition to improving technology, the range of ways of fighting has also expanded, and at last year's world championships, we have increased our strength to win a bronze medal.

For the next year's Tokyo tournament, Iwabuchi said, “The last tournament was just over and I couldn't have enjoyed it. I want to win a good tournament in Tokyo and aim for a gold medal.”

Table tennis will be given to the top players in the world rankings as of March next year.

“I don't want to go into defense, I want to move up the ranking and move to a higher position. And I think it ’s a great opportunity for parasports. I'm glad to go in a good direction, ”said Tokyo.